Time Lapse Nature Video: 9 Prime Tourism Destinations in Kyrgyzstan
Order silk road tours online at:
Ever seen a time lapse video of Kyrgyzstan? Prepare to be blown away by the beauty of this surreal Central Asian country in the Tien Shan Mountains!
In this timelapse video you’ll see the varied terrain of Kyrgyzstan, a small Central Asian country located west of China and south of Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan is famous for its exotic, almost mystical atmosphere. Hidden within the Tien Shan (Celestial) Mountains travelers will undoubtedly sense the country’s commanding, yet comforting atmosphere.
Over 90% of Kyrgyzstan is flooded with mountains, most of those belonging to the Tien Shan Mountain System.
The Tien Shan Mountains have been labeled one of the ten most beautiful mountain ranges in the world.
The reason they’re referred to as the “Celestial Mountains” is because of the constant presence of billowing white clouds than meander across the mountain peaks; they radiate a sense of peace, relaxation, strength, and beauty.
Within the country of Kyrgyzstan nature, while being tied together by the mountains, manages to offer a great deal of diversity as well.
As you can see in the time lapse video, Kyrgyzstan houses vast valley expanses, stark glaciers, remote alpine lakes, evergreen forests, snowcapped peaks, formidable gorges, lush mountainsides, and powerful rivers.
What makes Kyrgyzstan tourism stand out from other countries is that in Kyrgyzstan, travelers aren’t constantly within reach of a large city or town. Kyrgyzstan has just a few large cities, but otherwise, widely separated villages.
Travelers can enjoy untouched, pristine Kyrgyzstan nature and go exploring in areas that are truly remote! While you’re out traveling, you might even stumble across some peaceful Kyrgyz nomads that still live tucked away in the mountains.
This time lapse nature video just scratches the surface of Kyrgyzstan has to offer. To see it with your own eyes, all you need to do is book a tour. In Kyrgyzstan tourism isn’t limited to sightseeing and photography.
If you’re looking for something new, dive in and try something different: trekking, parasailing, cultural tours, horseback riding, white water rafting, skiing, 4x4 tours, history tours, or diving. Kyrgyzstan has something for everyone!
Kyrgyzstan/Bishkek (Natural Beauty-Ala Archa NP 2) Part 7
Welcome to my travelchannel. ☛☛☞☛
On my channel you can find more than 1000 films of almost 80 countries. See the playlist on my youtube channel.Enjoy!
Ala Archa National Park:
The Ala Archa National Park is an alpine national park in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, established in 1976 and located approximately 50 km south of the capital city of Bishkek.
The park covers about 200 square kilometers, and its altitude ranges from about 1,500 meters at the entrance to a maximum of 4,895 meters at Peak Semenova Tian-Shanski, the highest peak in the Kyrgyz Ala-tau range of the Tian Shan. There are more than 20 small and large glaciers and some 50 mountain peaks within the park.Two smaller rivers, the Adygene and the Ak-Sai, originate from these glaciers' melting waters. The Adygene gorge is a wooded valley with waterfalls, springs and abundant trout.
The park includes the gorge of the Ala-Archa River and the mountains surrounding it.
Tourism:
The park is a destination point for weekend picnickers, hikers, horse trekkers, skiers as well as mountain climbers looking for ice, rock and mixed routes. The park is open year round, although the most popular season is late summer and early fall. Every May 1, hundreds of people camp out in the valley and climb Mount Komsomolets for the Alpinada festival.
There is a nominal fee for entering the park. Past the gate, the road continues 12km to a small collection of buildings, including one newly renovated lodge. At the end of the road, up a trail to the left (East), lies the Ak-Sai Glacier, where remains of a Soviet climbing base indicate the high quality mountaineering within the park. The region's most famous peaks rise from the Ak-Sai glacier, including Korona (4860m) and Free Korea (4740m). To the west of Ala Archa
Issuk-Kul lake, Kyrgyzstan.
Issyk-Kul mountain lake, Kyrgyzstan.
Eating Kyrgyzstan: Traditional Kyrgyz food in Bishkek
During one of our last days in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan we revisited one of our favorite restaurants in the city to eat traditional Kyrgyz food. Food in Kyrgyzstan is closely related to that of Kazakh cuisine and we ordered all of our favorites including Plov, Shashlik, Manti, Lagman & Kymyz. Traditional Kyrgzy food revolves heavily around horse meat, mutton and beef along with a heavy dose of dairy products influenced by its historically nomadic culture. Below you'll find more information about the specific dishes.
Plov (плов) – Also known as pilaf or paloo, this is a mixed rice dish that features pieces of meat (usually mutton, beef, or chicken) and shredded carrots. It is cooked in a cast-iron cauldron and it is delicious.
Shashlik (шашлы́к): shashlyk (meaning skewered meat) was originally made of lamb. Nowadays it is also made of pork or beef depending on local preferences and religious observances. The skewers are either threaded with meat only, or with alternating pieces of meat, fat, and vegetables, such as bell pepper, onion, mushroom and tomato.
Manti (манты) – These are steamed dumplings filled with ground meat and onions. You can also get vegetarian ones filled with pumpkin or potatoes.
Samsa (самсы) – This is a popular street snack. Picture a flaky pastry pocket stuffed with ingredients which include: chicken, cheese, cabbage, beef, or other fillings.
Lagman (лагман) – Laghman is a noodle dish which can be served as a soup or fried, and it features chopped peppers with a spicy vinegar sauce.
Ashlyam fu (Ашлям фу) – This is a cold and spicy soup that has meat, veggies, cold noodles and starchy noodles.
Besh barmak (бешбармак) – The name of this dish translates to ‘five fingers’ because it is so tasty it is meant to be eaten with your whole hand. It is a plate of steamed noodles and onions with meat, which can be lamb or horse.
Kymyz (кумыс) – Can I offer you a glass of fermented mare’s milk? It tastes nothing like what you’d imagine – it’s salty, fizzy and it kind of reminded me of Korean makgeolli – so give it a try.
GEAR WE USE
Olympus OM-D E-M5 II:
Canon G7X:
Olympus 14-150mm II Lens:
Rode Video Mic GO:
Joby Gorilla Pod:
SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro:
SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS
AUDREY:
blog:
instagram:
facebook:
twitter:
SAMUEL:
blog:
facebook:
twitter:
instragram:
Eating Kyrgyzstan: Traditional Kyrgyz food in Bishkek Travel Video Transcript:
So it is lunchtime here in Bishkek (Бишкек), Kyrgyzstan (Киргизия) and today we are going to be having a feast. We are going to be sampling all of the traditional dishes that we've been eating over the last three weeks because that is how long we've been traveling in the country. So we're ordering a big spread. This is probably enough food for like five or six people but Sam and I are going to try and eat it all and just showcase what Central Asian cuisine is all about. So we hope you enjoy.
So we're almost done the meal. Any particular favorites?
So stuffed.
Um, the shashlik (шашлы́к) was amazing. That was so so good. It was so juicy and they don't really put a lot of spices on the beef but it just has like that natural flavor so that was really nice. It was smokey, tender flavor. Love that. It was good. And also the rice. I'm usually not a very big fan of rice but it was really good. It was like wild brown rice so that was really tasty.
Yeah, those are two of my favorites as well. And I'm going to add that I really like the manti (манты). The pumpkin dumplings. Of course. Dumplings.
So that wraps up our feast of feasts. It was an amazing like traditional Kyrgyz meal. We ordered so much food that we're actually taking a lot of it home. This is probably enough either for three or four people and in terms of the price it came to one thousand two hundred Som which right now is seventeen US dollars. So that was incredible value. I mean we got three different kinds of drinks, we got tea, we got a liter of Pepsi, we got a liter of mare's milk plus all of that food that we showed you including the bread, the dumplings, the meat, the rice, the noodles. So you can come here and have an epic feast and it is not going to cost you a fortune.
This is part of our Travel in Kyrgyzstan video series showcasing Kyrgyz food, Kyrgyz culture and Kyrgyz cuisine.
Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Train Station (Бишкек вокзал) Central Asia Railroad
This video is from my 2007 visit to the Bishkek Train Station. The Bishkek Railroad Station offers a popular three-day train service from Bishkek to Moscow. Traveling from Bishkek Issyk-Kul (Balykchy) by train is especially popular in the summer time.
There are also long-distance trains that leave for Siberia (Novosibirsk and Novokuznetsk), via Almaty, over the Turksib route, and to Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) in the Urals, via Astana. Other destinations served by the Bishkek Train Station are Kazan Pass, Moskva Kazanskaya, and Chu. Bishkek Railway Station timetables are available online in English.
Biszkek - StanTrip 2017 - Abletr w Podróży #17
Dziś przyszło mi jechać wspomnianym ostatnio pociągiem relacji Bałykczy-Biszkek. Jest to ostatni pociąg w Kirgistanie, jako jedyny dojeżdża nad jezioro Issyk-Kul. Poza tym na tyle na ile można zwiedzam sobie Biszkek...
Zapraszam na:
facebook.com/abletr
instagram.com/abletr
Snapchat: abletr
Karakol - Black Hands On Issyk-Kul (Timelapse)
When I arrived in Karakol, I got a bunk in an eight-bed room. I was by myself, the only two other guests in the hostel were from Switzerland and Uzbekistan. Over the next few days, I made noodles that tasted like crap, I made vareniki that tasted a bit better, and finally I made pelmeni that tasted okay. I drank huge amounts of kvass.
When I went out, I found out that Karakol felt a bit like Kansas: wide avenues, single-storeyed houses with fences in front of them, crumbling plaster here and there and some vacant stores, but also a few well-kept houses with flowers in their front yards.
One time I saw two kids eyeing me from behind a tree when I was walking by. I figured it was a game where we would tail each other, so I also hid behind a tree and spied on them. They were very confused.
Another time I got lost in the mountains. I was resting on a pasture, looking at the sunset and at the clouds hovering over the mountains, when darkness covered the land. I walked back on twisting paths, and when I passed a road, I asked a driver for directions. He told me to avoid a certain area, because there were supposed to be bad people there. So I turned around.
There was another path, and it was absolutely dark. I was wearing my flashlight on my head, and suddenly two shiny dots appeared in front of me. Where they green or blue? Or yellow? They were moving, and after a while they turned out to be the eyes of a horse. The rider showed me the way to a factory where I found a lady called Marina. She was working the nightshift burning bricks. There were holes in the ground, there was glowing coal to be put into the holes, and there was a shovel.
It felt like 100 years ago.
Do you know how old our factory is? she asked me. It was eighty years old, from the Soviet era. Marina was chubby and cheerful, she looked a bit older than thirty-eight, and her daughter was fourteen and had just started studying German. She showed me a nice new brick. This is what houses are built with, she said.
I stood there, looking at the brick in her hands that were dark from handling the coal, and I suddenly remembered what the name Karakol was supposed to mean in Kyrgyz: black hand.
This footage was taken in October 2014 in and around Karakol, the biggest town on the shores of Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. (GPS: 42°29'1.02N 78°24'6.25E)
Drop by on my site: ▶ or add me on FB: ▶ on TW: ▶
INFO:
▶Shot with DSLR 15mm + 55mm
▶Soundtrack: Constant Music - Monday Motivation (medium version)
If you have any ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, please refer to:
▶▶▶
CONNECT WITH ME:
▶OFFICIAL SITE:
▶FACEBOOK:
▶TWITTER:
▶WEIBO:
▶▶▶SUBSCRIBE to my channel:
REISEERZÄHLUNG THE LONGEST WAY (PIPER/MALIK) ERHÄLTLICH:
▶Amazon:
▶Hugendubel:
▶Thalia:
BILDBAND CHINA ZU FUSS (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) ERHÄLTLICH:
▶Amazon:
▶Hugendubel:
▶Thalia:
From Burana Tower to Almaluu Yurt Camp - Kyrgyzstan 4K Travel Channel
After leaving Burana Tower, we drive back to the city of Tokmok and turn east. We follow the course of the Chu river. The valley is fertile and gets enough water by the river for the irrigation. The Chu river flows to Kazakhstan and seeps there into the steppe. Here it forms the border with Kazakhstan. There are also places where the border crosses the river and the road passes through the territory of Kazakhstan. These areas are then declared as transit zones.
Our journey leads upstream the Chu river and through a mighty valley to the Kyrgyz mountains. It is one of the biggest valleys is Kyrgyzstan. Besides the river and the highway, a railroad line also runs through the valley. We are pleased with the good condition of the street. But, drivers must always be prepared to be stopped by a police control.
The valley widens again and opens the view onto the Tian Shan with its snow-capped peaks. We leave the Chu river and make a short stop in the town of Balykchy to refuel. Then we drive to the south side of Issyk-Kul Lake. The Issyk-Kul is the second largest mountain lake on Earth and is located at 1607 m above sea level. On this evening, we can catch only a quick look at it.
We pass a series of villages that stretch along roads. They remind very much of Russian villages. In open terrain, you see more and more the desert-like sections, partly as rocky mountain foothills. More frequently we see yurts in the landscape.
Towards evening, also the cattle from the pasture is on the way home.
It is already dark when we reach the Almaluu Yurt Camp. The nice hosts serve us a wonderful dinner in the yurt.
.......
please read more:
Nachdem wir den Burana-Turm verlassen haben, fahren wir zurück zur Stadt Tokmok und biegen ab nach Osten. Wir folgen dem Flusslauf des Tschüi. Das Tal ist fruchtbar und erhält durch den Fluss genügend Wasser für die Bewässerung. Der Tschüi fließt weiter nach Kasachstan und versickert dort in der Steppe. Hier bildet er die Grenze zu Kasachstan. Es gibt hier auch Stellen, an denen die Grenze über den Fluss herüberreicht und die Straße durch das Hoheitsgebiet von Kasachstan führt. Diese Bereiche sind dann als Transitzonen deklariert.
Unsere Reise führt den Tschüi flussaufwärts und durch ein mächtiges Tal in das Kirgisische Gebirge. Es ist eines der größten Täler Kirgisistan. Neben dem Fluss und der Autobahn führt auch eine Bahnlinie durch das Tal. Wir freuen uns über den guten Zustand der Straße. Autofahrer müssen aber stets darauf gefasst sein, dass sie durch eine Polizeikontrolle gestoppt werden.
Als das Tal sich wieder öffnet, gibt es den Blick frei auf das Tian Shan mit seinen schneebedeckten Gipfeln. Wir verlassen den Tschüi und machen in der Stadt Balyktschy einen kurzen Stopp um zu tanken. Danach fahren wir an die Südseite des Yssykköl Sees. Der Yssykköl ist der zweitgrößte Gebirgssee der Erde und liegt auf 1607 m über dem Meeresspiegel. An diesem Abend können wir nur einen kurzen Blick auf ihn erhaschen.
Wir passieren eine Reihe Dörfer, die sich entlang von Straßen erstrecken. Sie erinnern recht stark an russische Dörfer. Im freien Gelände nehmen die wüstenartigen Abschnitte, teil als felsige Gebirgsausläufer zu. Immer häufiger sind Jurten in der Landschaft erkennbar.
Gegen Abend ist auch das Vieh von der Weide auf dem Heimweg.
In der Dunkelheit erreichen wir unser Camp und bekommen von den netten Gastgebern ein herrliches Abendessen in einer Jurte serviert.
........
weitere Infos im Reisevideoblog:
TimeLapse Video Lakes & Mountains of Kyrgyzstan
Order best tours online at:
Of all the Central Asia countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan), Kyrgyzstan's terrain and natural beauty is the most lush, wild, and unforgettable. This winter time-lapse video gives you just a glimpse of how beautiful life is in Kyrgyzstan. It sits quietly east of China and south of Kazakhstan in humble beauty. However, once you lay eyes on this country, you'll never stop talking about it.
Kyrgyzstan is 90% mountainous and is nicknamed the Alps of Central Asia. In the wintertime, the mountains of Kyrgyzstan have a commanding, yet peaceful presence that seems to make time stand still. The only thing that will remind you time is passing are the clouds that drift lackadaisically across the mountain peaks of the Tien Shan Celestial Mountains and the rippling waters of its lakes and rivers. Kyrgyzstan has a population of about 5.5 million, most of which reside in 3 or 4 of the larger cities, so once you step foot into the countryside, it's like taking a walk in the wild, remote and unexplored.
Kyrgyzstan is also filled with crystalline alpine lakes. There are just under 2,000 lakes scattered throughout the country, the most popular of which is Lake Issyk Kul. Issyk Kul literally means Hot Lake in Kyrgyz, not so much because it feels like a hot tub, but because even in the winter, it never freezes. It's the second largest alpine lake in the world with an area of 6,236 km² (2,408 sq miles).
Kyrgyzstan's nature is spectacular both for just viewing and enjoying, as well as for winter sports and trekking. Life is Kyrgyzstan is beautiful, so whether you're just relaxing or taking a walk on the wild side and seeking out an adventure, you'll want a camera with you at all times. It's truly a diamond in the rough, or as the people of Kyrgyzstan call it, the Pearl of Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan Mountain Water Timelapse
Video by Christoph Rehage:
I drove a car through Kyrgyzstan once. It was a sport utility vehicle, a good-natured mass of steel, glass and plastic, and it did pretty well on the mountain roads with their mudholes and potholes. One time I got it stuck in a ditch though, and it somehow ripped the exhaust pipe, causing the poor thing to become unbearably loud. Heads would turn, making driving a bit of an embarrassment. But it was a good car anyway.
The country felt like a dream. There were long winding roads with panoramic views. There were cows gazing into the distance. Horses and sheep. Blossoms covered with ice.
When I arrived in Arslanbob, the walnut groves were covered in snow. The lake Chatyr-Kul turned out to be behind a border checkpoint that required a special permit and only allowed visits for a limited time, but when you went in you could see China on the other side of a simple fence. Osh felt like a country within a country. Tash Rabat was as old as it was spooky. And Chatyr-Kul was the most beautiful lake of them all.
But Son-Kul was the place where I got the poor car stuck in a ditch. I was driving at night, and the ditch was a gaping hole in the middle of the road. When I saw it, it was already too late.
The night brought coldness and stars.
The next day I ran into a group of fishermen who not only helped pull out my car but also invited me to lunch. They told me they had worked blue-collar jobs in Moscow before, but life was better up here, so eventually they had returned. They would go down to the city once a week to sell their catch. During the rest of the week, they would row their boats around the lake in the mornings, and after that there was apparently not much to do. They had strong arms from all the rowing. The money was good, and they had a power generator for their freezer, but no TV. I found a couple of empty vodka bottles next to their yurta.
So is this a stress-free life? I wanted to know.
Yes, they said. Just one word: yes.
For lunch, they served fried fish along with onions, bread and caviar. The fish was fresh from the lake, and so was the caviar. They would eat some and sell some. Also, part of the fish eggs would be given to a wildlife conservation project. Someone had introduced large predatory fish to their lake in the past, and now the indigenous species were having a hard time and needed some assistance.
How much do you think this caviar is worth? one of the fishermen asked me while we were eating.
I looked at my spoon, at the shiny orange pearls that were fish-eggs. I had no idea how much they were worth.
Well, down in the city we sell this for 50 dollars for 100 grams.
Oh, I said, wondering how many grams were in my spoon.
He smiled, and it was a sly smile, a smile that said he was going to let me in on a well-kept secret: You know, up here, he said, I eat 200 grams every day!
You are a rich man, I said.
Rich, he said and took another spoonful, yes, rich.
Drop by on my site: ▶ or add me on FB: ▶ on TW: ▶
INFO:
This footage was taken in October 2014 in Kyrgyzstan, namely at Son-Kul lake (Соңкөл), Tash Rabat caravanserai (Таш Рабат), Chatyr-Kul lake (Чатыркөл), Osh (Ош), Sary-Chelek lake (Сарычелек), Toktogul Reservoir (Токтогул), Arslanbob forest (Арстанбап).
▶Shot with: DSLR 15mm + 55mm
▶Soundtrack: Liferock - New Horizons
If you have any ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, please refer to:
▶▶▶